Woven fabric.



L'E. PALMER.

- WOVEN FABRIU.

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ISA/ICE. PALMER, OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE I. E.PALMER CO., OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

WOVEN FABRIC.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

Application led February 17, 1908. Serial No. 416,202.

To all 'whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, IsAAo E..-PALMER, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Middletown, in the county of Middlesex and State ofConnecticut, have invented an Improvement in Woven Fabrics, of which thefollowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, isa specification, like letters on the drawings representing like arts. pThis invention relates to a woven fabric especially intended for use asa lining or for buckram and which may be employed for dress goods andalso to the process of making such fabric.

In order that the princi les of the invention may be understood, I) havein the accompanying drawings disclosed certain types of fabricsembodying my invention.

In said drawings- Figure 1 is a plan view of one face of a fabricembodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a section upon an enlarged scale ofthe fabric shown in Fig. 1, taken through the warp threads; Fig. 3 is asection upon an enlarged scale of the fabric shown in Fig. 1 takenthrough vthe weft threads or at right angles to Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is asection of a modified form of fabric embodying my invention takenthrough the weft threads and wherein both faces are provided Withsupplemental threads; section of the fabric illustrated in Fig. 4 butraken through the warp threads; and Fig. 6 is a section taken throughthe weft threads and illustrating amodification of the fabric shown inFigs. 4 and 5.

ln carrying out my invention, I form a woven fabric in a manner to behereinafter more fully described and provide one orboth faces thereofwith ridges which preferably intersect to form the bounding walls ofsupericial pockets and apply a suitable sizing Fig. 5 is a orcementitious.inatterto the fabric, it .being incorporated into the bodyfabric between or upon the body warp and-weft threads and superi iciallyapplied to or within the pockets in such manner as to provide suitablestiffening for the fabric to suit it for the purpose for which it isintended, the sizing being protected by the ridge like supplementalthreads. Heretofoi'e in the formation of fabrics of this generalcharacter, suitablefor linings and for buckram, it has been customary sofar as I am aware to form a closely woven fabric and separately tolforman open terwoven in any suitable manner.

the tying down of the mesh woven fabric, -the two fabrics being thencemented together by sizing. Not only is this process slow andexpensive, but it is imposslble to produce an elastically sized fabricin this manner for the reason that the amount of sizing or cementnecessary to fasten the two fabrics together inevitably results instiffening the same unduly. In accordance with my invention, I mayproduce either an elastically or a stiffly sized fabric, the former beinmore particularly applicable for dress goo s and the latter for buckram,by suitably manipulating the fabric during the drying operation'following the sizing application or applications.

Referring more specifically to the drawing and first to Figs. 1, 2 and 3thereof, the body portion of the fabric is formed of warp and weftthreads 1 and 2 respectively, in-

Such threads may be of any suitable material and character. The warp andweft threads may be of the same size or either may be of a larger sizethan the other. threads may be composed of twisted threads constitutingwarps or wefts of enlarged cross section.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, I provide-uponone surface of the body fabric floating su plemental .warp threads 3bound to the bo( y fabric at any desired intervals by indicated at 4.Upon this face of the fabric, I also provide supplemental iloatin l weftthreads 5 bound into the fabric only yy the foatin supplemental warthreads 3. In Fig. 1, have represented t 1e warp threads 3 as assingalternately over and under the weft) threads 5. 'It will be apparent,however, that any suitable arrangement may be provided permitting thetying down of the weft threads by the warps, and conversely the bodywefts, as

weft threads 5. The sup threads 5 may be thrown mto the fabric in anysuitable manner; for exam le, I may em loy in Weaving the fabric a obbyloom wit or without boxes.

If boxes be employed, the' supplemental wefts may if desired be oflarger diameter than the body wefts or may contrast therewith in anydesired res ect, it being, however, apparent that if esired the samecharacter of weft may be emplo ed for both bod and su plemental threa s.

lf a dobby oom wit lont Either set of warp threads 3 by the plementalweft .per face being boxes be employed, I can if desired throw into thesame shed side by side several weft threads to produce in eHect a singleridge like formation. The binding in of the supplemental Warp and weftthreads may be such that in effect either the supplemental warps or thesupplementalwefts are floated, and 1n either event the floated threadsmay be of the same size as the body threads or contrast therewith in anymanner.

It will be apparent that4 the fabric herein disclosed is, in this formof my invention, provided upon one face with supplemental threadsforming ridge like formations which intersect to constitute the boundingwalls of superficial pockets serving to receive the sizing in the subseuent operation and to protect the same. t is apparent that the spacofthe supplemental warp threads and supplemental weft threads may be suchas is found desirable.

In Figs. 4 and 5, I have re resented cross sections of a modified form ofabric wherein both faces thereof are provided with supplementalfloating'warp and weft threads. In Figs. 4 and 5, the body Warps areindicated at 6, the body wefts are indicated at 7, the supplemental orfloating warps u on the upindicated at 8 an the corresponding warps uponthe lower face being indicated at 9. The supplemental weft threads uponthe upper face are indicated at 10 and those upon the lower face areindicated at 11. It will be apparent from the construction shown inFigs. 2 and 5 that the supplemental oatinf weft threads are tied in onlyby the supp emental warp threads.

In Fi 6, I have represented a modified form o fabric, the section beintaken through the weft threads. In sai figure, the body Warp threads areindicated at 12 and the body Wei' t threads at 13; the supplemental weftthreads upon the u )per face are indicated at 14 and those upon thelower face at 15. The supplemental warp threads 16, in this form of theinvention, are for any desired portion of their length carried upon oneface of the fabric and thon, as at 17, passed through the body of thefabric to thc oppo-v site face, as clearly indicated. In a fabric thusconstructed, the warp ridges upon each face will be interruptedperiodically. In the vform of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 4inclusive, the ridges, both of the warp and weft, are substantiallyuninterrupted throughout their extent.

The fabric embodying my invention being particularly intended for use aslinin or for uckram, it is after its formation su jected to a sizingoperation. To this end, the fabric is in any suitablevmanner subjectedto several applications of sizingthe fabric being dried after eachapplication. If it be desired to provide a sized elastic fabric, thefabric is the bases of the superficial lof the body suitably vibrated inthe plane thereof as it is l dried. In this manner, I prevent thecementing or sizing together of the threads of the body fabric. If,however, the fabric be not vibrated as it is dried, then the sizing actsto bind or cement together the threads fabric with the result that thecompleted fabric is stiff. It is apparent that a minimum amount ofsizing may be employed to secure the requisite amount of stiffness orelasticity and that sizing is not needed to secure the floating threadsto the body fabric, since they are bound thereto in the Weaving of thefabric. Heretofore, so far as I am aware, in the production of fabricsof this character, it has been necessary to supply) sufficient sizing tocement the open mesh fa ric to the body fabric, thus preventing theformation of an elastically sized fabric. It Will be apparent that thesizing is applied to ockets and that it is protected from Wear y theridge like formations of the supplemental Warps and wefts. It is aparent that in the formation of elastically fimshed fabrics, it isossible to eretofore produce a bulkier fabric than has een obtainable.

Having thus described one type or embodiment of my invention, I desireit to be understood that although'specific terms are employed, they areused in a generic and descriptive sense, and not for purposes oflimitation, the sco e of the invention being set forth in the fol owingclaims.

Claims.

1. A woven fabric composed of body Warp and weft threads, s acedfloating warp threads and spaced oating weft threads formingintersecting sets, saidA sets of floating threads being bound atintervals, and the said binding of one of said sets of floating threadsbeing effected by body threads, the s acing of said floating threadsbeing such that the face of the fabric has intersecting protrudingridlgies forming bounding walls of superficial poc ets.

2. A woven fabric composed of body warp and weft threads, spacedfloating war threads bound at intervals by the bod We t threads, andspaced floating weft t eads passing over and under floating warp threadsthe fabric thus presenting a face havin intersecting ridges formingbounding wal s of superficial pockets.

3. A Woven fabric composed of body War and `weft threads floating warpthrea s bound at intervals -by the body weft threads, and floating weftthreads passing over and under floatin warp threads, but passing abovethe bo y warp threads.

4. A Woven fabric composed of body Warp and weft threads, spacedfloating war threads bound at intervals by the body We t threads, andspaced weft threads passing fabric thus presenting a face havingintersecting ridges forming bounding walls of superiicial pockets. 5. AWoven fabric composed of body warp and weft threads, both faces of saidfabric having sets of oating'supplementalwarp and weft threads bound tothe body at inter- `valsv only, the, threads of said sets being spacedso that both faces have intersecting ridges forming bounding walls ofsuperficial pockets.

6. A woven fabric com osed of body warp and weft threads, both aces ofsaid fabric having surplementalspaced Warp threads and'space weftthreads united to the body olf the fabric only at intervals greater thantie s threa s.

" 7. A woven fabric composed of body wa '20 andweft threads, both facesof said fabric having sulpplemental war and weft threads, said suppemental warp t eads being bound at intervals by the body weft threads,and said supplemental weft 4threads being bound only by said suplemental warp threads.

8. A-woven fa ric com osed of body warp and weft threads, both faces ofsaid fabric having supplemental warp and weft threads, said warp andweft threads .being suitably spaced, said supplemental warpthreads'being bound at Intervals by the b od weft .threads and the saidsupplemental7 weft threads being bound only byt esupplemental warpthreads, both faces of'the fa ric being thus provided with intersectingridges forming bounding walls of ysuperficial pockets.

9. A woven fabric suitable for use as a lining and for other purposes,and comprising body Warp and weft threads, one lor both 40 faces of thefabric being provided with floating threads'bound at intervals tothebody of the fabric and resenting ridgelike formations, the said fa same,the sizing being incorporated into the body fabricv between the warp andweft superficial pockets, t

acing of the body warp `and weftl ricr being sized to stiffen thefloating threads upon the face or faces pro-vv vided therewith.

10. A woven fabric suitable for use as a lining and for other purposes,and comprising body Warp and weft threads, one face at least of thefabric bein provided with supplemental warp and we t threads formininrtersecting ridges actin as bounding wal s of e said fabric beingsized to stiffen the same, the sizing being incorporated into the bodyfabric between and upon the Warp and weft threads ficially apdplied tothe'ridged face, being retained an tion thereon'. Y

11 The process of making fabrics consistthreads, binding theretosupplemental ri f 2e'- faces thereof, a'nd one or more sizing sectingridge-forming "threads afford' boundin walls of su erficial pockets, anelastica y sizing said fabric.

4In testimony whereof, Ij have signed my name to thisspecification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

protected bythe pocketed formag 1n interweaving body warp and weft`forming threads affording ridge-like formaand superthreads, bindingthereto supplemental inter- IsAAo E. PALMER. i

Witnesses:

CHAs. M. SAUER, GEO. C. HAINs.

